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- on Linux distributions based on RPMs, you will need to install
'perl-core' rather than just 'perl'.
- It is highly recommended that you have at least Perl version 5.10
- installed.
+ You MUST have at least Perl version 5.10.0 installed. This minimum
+ requirement is due to our use of regexp backslash sequence \R among
+ other features that didn't exist in core Perl before that version.
Notes on Perl on Windows
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